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Springworks offers local, decentralized lettuce option
Springworks of Lisbon, Maine, the state’s first and largest commercial aquaponics greenhouse operation, opened an additional 40,000 feet of space...
High inflation doesn’t deliver higher returns to growers
Consumers are seeing inflation from many industries including food. U.S. government figures show that wholesale food prices surged 2.6 percent...
ProduceIQ: Industry prices struggle as berries lead decline
Overall market prices sink lower again. Berries and stone fruit continue to slide during a time of year notorious for...
Nutritional psychiatry boosts fresh produce
One new trend: nutritional psychiatry. Because, guess what? Your diet affects your mood and your mental health, we learn from...
How to build a socially responsible business
To determine how to build a socially responsible business, we first need to determine what a “socially responsible business” is....
Billions in mystery from USDA
Last week USDA said it plans to invest $1 billion to support and build up the country’s food bank network,...
Back to work: Watch your messages
Hey, gang! Fun’s over! Time to get back to work! It is in questionable taste at best to refer to...
ProduceIQ: Prices whiplash as Georgia volume knocks
After only a moment of record high prices, markets begin descending. The overall industry’s price decline has two major drivers:...
U.S. exporters have a new opportunity in the UK – if they want it
At the start of the year, the United Kingdom finally reached an agreement with the rest of the European Union...
How to slice a mango
Evidently in the Philippines, there is a saying that a girl is not ready for marriage until she knows how...
ProduceIQ: Prices soar for Memorial Day
Memorial Day pull sends prices skyward. The industry is looking at the highest week #21 prices of all time. Shaped...
GRAPHIC: Low lettuce volumes headed into summer
The following graphic was produced by Agtools Inc. BB #:355102 to show that lettuce volume is at the lowest level...
Familiar patterns reemerge across retail grocery
May 26, 2021 — With Memorial Day right around the corner, Category Partners decided to take a look back at...
Technomic index shows steady improvement for U.S. foodservice
CHICAGO, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Technomic released the April TIndex (Technomic Index), an index that provides a benchmark to...
Shareholders bear the risk, deserve the reward (or loss)
The Wall Street Journal reported in its May 27 edition that major bank CEOs were called to task by Congress...
Causes of the labor shortage a complex mix
“Complaining that people don’t want to work because they could make more on unemployment is a funny way of admitting...
ProduceIQ: Peaches spared as La Niña brings drought to SW
Grape volume falters slightly in the Coachella Valley. In response, prices hurdled upwards, +44 percent. In the summer months, the...
George W. Bush pushes immigration reform
Which is the latest organization to speak out in favor of immigration reform? The George W. Bush Institute, a conservative...
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